 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| I think this is why people in the U.S. fear usage caps... While the concept of paying for what you use does make sense, I think people (in the U.S., at least) resist this model because they fear the ISPs will impose caps that are too low and overage charges that are inflated. And the limited competition in most markets means that if your ISP's charges are unreasonable, you may have no choice but to pay them, if you want or need broadband service -- that's why they're unreasonable in the first place, because you're stuck with them.
According to this, Time Warner isn't doing much to soothe those fears. In fact, they are just fueling them, setting caps that protect their own business interests first and foremost.
By contrast, Comcast's proposed 250GB usage cap is much more reasonable, and one I would not have any complaints about in the present environment.
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"I'll follow the law until it's just stupid." -Ted Nugent |
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| well everyone on here has been wanting usage caps from the providers. they start to say what they'd be and now everyone on here bitches because their too low. People on here need to make up their damn mind. If the want them they want them. If they don't then they need to keep their mouth shut.
People even bitched about Comcast's 250gig per month cap. Which people said was toooo low. cry cry cry. The only ones that bitch about this is the ones that post on this website. generally most people have no clue whats going on. |
